If you notify a tenant that the rent is going up, that is an example of apprise.
Origin of apprise; from French appris, past participle of apprendre, to teach, inform ; from Classical Latin apprehendere, apprehend
transitive verbap·prised, ap·pris·ing, ap·pris·es
Origin of appriseFrench apprendre, appris-, from Old French aprendre, to learn, from Latin apprehendere, appr&emacron;ndere; see apprentice.
(third-person singular simple present apprises, present participle apprising, simple past and past participle apprised)